Why it's so hard to convince a climate denier

[OKIsItJustMe]

15. Right. My point here is that I don’t think it’s an S -vs- N thing at all

The nice graphs of who follows a web site like “Do The Math” do not indicate who is interested in climate change. They may indicate who is interested in reading a blog which “is often playfully quantitative” when dealing with “societal issues relating to energy production, climate change, and economic growth,” (know their Myers-Briggs type, and will share it with strangers.) For the majority, that phrase, “playfully quantitative” is the worst kind of oxymoron.

That does not mean the majority are “programmed to ignore” “climate change.”

The majority of Americans believe that the climate is changing.
A similar majority believe that climate change will harm future generations.
A smaller majority (but a majority) of Americans are worried about climate change.
A minority believe that the climate is changing because of human activities.
http://environment.yale.edu/poe/v2014

There is a minority who do not believe the climate is changing at all. They are not swayed by science, nor are they swayed by the evidence of their own experience. Trying to convince them otherwise is like trying to teach a pig to sing.